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    RESPECT YOUR ELDERS

    Mar 31, 2020 4 minutes
    Words & Photography: Jimbo Wallace

    Badass! It’s the only way to describe it. Sitting on Des Morris’ sofa in Sarf East Landan watching videos of him literally destroying Golf Rs whilst hitting speeds that we really shouldn’t mention here, it’s soon apparent that this car is mental. “I can’t even tell the difference between high and low boost to be honest, either way it’s mad,” Des laughs.

    Whereas nowadays ABS sensors and ECU controlled systems are required to allow enough slip angle to make sideways tomfoolery artificially possible in modern day uber hatches, back in the late ‘70s, twin 48 carbs and head work were pretty much all you needed to go everywhere in a cloud of sideways intoxication. Rally

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